The Durutti Column - RenascentRenascent marks the long awaited return of legendary Manchester outfit The Durutti Column, their first new studio album in over fifteen years. Around the guitar work of Vini Reilly, the album plays between sonic atmospherics and structure: warm ambient washes, piano, beats and guest vocal turns by a new generation (Caoilfhionn Rose). Both contemporary and otherworldly, and with a swathe of new champions citing the band as an influence (Blood Orange,

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The album displays larger lyrical concepts within the framework of a guitar and drums duo

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